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Cold Feet Could Indicate Bigger Problems

You don't have to be standing at the alter to have cold feet. Cold feet come in many shapes and sizes, and their causes may be as benign as not having a pair of socks on to as serious as vascular disease. So, if your feet are constantly cold, it is never a bad idea to take a longer look to make sure that you do not have symptoms of other conditions. Some of the initial conditions that we would be concerned about with cold feet are: • Anemia • Diabetes • Neuropathy • Raynaud's Disease • Peripheral Arterial Disease Typically, cold feet mean nothing more than just that - cold feet. Cold weather causes the blood vessels in the extremities to constrict so that more blood can be routed to the core, essential organs of the body. This constriction of vessels is what causes your feet to be the first cold body part. In the absense of cold weather, we must consider if there are internal factors leading to our cold feet. Anemia is a broad term describing over 400 different